Professional Life
Johnston came to prominence after winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000 where he broke a string in the concert broadcast of his winning Shostakovich No. 1 concerto. In the following year he made his concerto debut at The BBC Proms forming the Elgar Cello concerto with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Johnston has since performed concertos with leading British Orchestras including the London Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, the Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Orchestra of Wales and the Northern Sinfonia, and in Europe, the Middle and Far East with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Hessischer Rundfunk and Musikkollegium Winterthur.
Johnston's performances and recordings are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.
He is a member of the Aronowitz Ensemble, which has recently been invited into the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, guaranteeing regular feature presentations on BBC Radio 3 and other media over a two-year period.
His cello is a rare 1820 instrument by Antonio Pellizon (or Pelizon) of Gorizia, which was bought for him anonymously.
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